Polish Christmas Caroling

In Poland, groups of carolers would go through neighborhoods and visit friends' houses. In the Krakow area, the groups would be led by a person carrying a large star, and others carrying a large "nativity." This was a church-like building made of cardboard and covered with colored foils. Nativity characters, also made of foil, were placed on this structure. In Chicago we celebrated with a 3-day festival in the school hall. Each group wore costumes from their native region and lead local carols.